Field notes, v1518
Page 531
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Cinobola fusca (Rio Tosta, 11, 20 apt) Dec 9 amita found a nest in a stone wall leading up the road, about 100 yards from the intermittent stream. Two fledglings, almost feathered. The parents did considerable foraging in the green sedge, where tiny toads were abundant, and down along the gulch. On the ground they run rapidly with alternate strides. Took some photos of parent entering cavity, then shot one to see what it was feeding - on that trip it was a grub, but inside the next cavity which was about 1 1/2 feet in from the entrance, was the remains of a 2-inch tadpole. One of the young had only unidentified remains in gizzard (a couple off bones which may have been small frog or tadpole, and some green vegetable matter). Another parent returned to care for the remaining young after we shot 3404.